Shark drops from the sky into Virginia woman's yard

Sue Bowser said she believes a large osprey captured the dogfish shark in shallow waters and dropped it in her yard.

Sue Bowser's grandchildren found the 13-inch dogfish shark in her Virginia Beach back yard. WTVR-TV screenshot

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., July 7 (UPI) -- The real-life version of Sharknado proved to be far less threatening than its Syfy counterpart when a small shark fell from the sky into a Virginia back yard.

Sue Bowser of Virginia Beach said her grandchildren found the 13-inch dogfish shark, also known as a sand shark, dead near a pond in her back yard about two weeks ago.

"This could be the shark house, but hopefully not too many more will be falling from the sky," Bowser told WAVY-TV. "The kids found it, and they came upstairs and they were all excited and said, 'We found a shark in the backyard.'"

Bowser said she suspects the baby shark was the victim of an osprey that lost its lunch.

"There's a little mark on his side where the talons probably went in, and it's a little bloody on the side where the talons had poked him," she said.